Captain
Inspector
Inspector noun - An investigator who observes carefully.
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Synonyms for Inspector
Captain and inspector are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Inspector".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- governor and captain
- governor and inspector
- chief and captain
- chief and inspector
- boss and captain
- boss and inspector
- director and captain
- director and inspector
- supervisor and captain
- supervisor and inspector
- superintendent and captain
- superintendent and inspector
- administrator and captain
- administrator and inspector
How words are described
| old | old captain | old inspector |
| good | good captain | good inspector |
| female | female captain | female inspector |
| certain | certain captain | certain inspector |
| Other adjectives: alien, current, original, single, corrupt, poor, actual, young, respected, famous, new, senior, former, imperial, competent, previous, soviet, appointed, unnamed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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We see many women in what would be considered male roles in our world, including a female police inspector and captain of the guard, and nobody acts like this is unusual.
Source: Literature / The Bone Palace -
Captain Obvious: A cyborg called Inspector Holmes is shot in the only human part of him: his head.
Source: Anime / Astro Boy - At one point, a con artist dressed in the uniform of a German army captain entered a good-sized town claiming to be an "inspector".
Source: Bavarian Fire Drill
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